INCOMING TRANSMISSION REPORT
ERR // 400
400
Bad request.
TRANSMISSION OUT OF TUNE
RECEIVED SIGNAL // STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY QUESTIONABLE
A transmission was received, but something is badly out of tune. The archive attempted to identify a key, a tempo, or indeed any recognisable structure.
The server briefly removed its ear defenders, listened carefully, winced, and put them back on again.
STILL NO IDEA.
Further analysis suggests that all the right notes may, in fact, be present — just not necessarily in the correct order.
TRANSMISSION RECEIVED
YES
KEY
INDETERMINATE
TEMPO
ERRATIC
NOTES
APPARENTLY ALL PRESENT
ORDER
NOT NECESSARILY CORRECT
HARMONIC CONTENT
TECHNICALLY PRESENT
EAR DEFENDERS
REAPPLIED
ARCHIVE RESPONSE
400 // PLEASE RETUNE AND TRY AGAIN
AUDIO ANALYSIS
pitch stability ........ doubtful
rhythmic coherence ..... intermittent
melodic intent .......... alleged
notes present ........... apparently all of them
note order .............. disputed
genre ................... under investigation
Archive methodology acknowledges the Morecambe principle.
pitch stability ........ doubtful
rhythmic coherence ..... intermittent
melodic intent .......... alleged
notes present ........... apparently all of them
note order .............. disputed
genre ................... under investigation
Archive methodology acknowledges the Morecambe principle.
The archive recommends checking the original request,
retuning where necessary, and trying the transmission again.
No mastering engineer should be involved at this stage.
No mastering engineer should be involved at this stage.